Wednesday August 15, 2018 / August 2, 2018
12th Week after Pentecost. Tone two.
Dormition (Theotokos) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits)
The Scripture Readings
2 Corinthians 6:11-16Troparia
The Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen, Troparion, in Tone IV —
For the sufferings which thou didst endure for Christ God,/ thy head, hath
been crowned with a royal diadem, O Stephen,/ first among them that have
suffered;/ for, having denounced the insanity of the Jews,/ thou didst behold
thy Savior/ at the right hand of the Father.// Him do thou therefore entreat in
behalf of our souls.
Kontakion, in Tone VI —
Thou wast the first to be sown on the earth by the heavenly Husbandman,/ O
most laudable Stephen,/ and thou wast the first on earth to shed thy blood for
Christ, O blessed one;/ first hast thou been to be crowned with the wreath of
victory in the heavens,/ O first among athletes,// crown-bearer, who wast first
among martyrs.